Wyatt Tremblay is a Canadian editorial cartoonist who has worked for the '' Yukon News'' since 1992.

Personal life

Born in 1960 in Jasper, Alberta, he completed his schooling at F.H. Collins high school in

Whitehorse Whitehorse () is the capital of Yukon, and the largest city in Northern Canada. It was incorporated in 1950 and is located at kilometre 1426 (Historic Mile 918) on the Alaska Highway in southern Yukon. Whitehorse's downtown and Riverdale areas ...

Yukon Yukon (; ; formerly called Yukon Territory and also referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the second-least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 43,964 as ...

in 1978, with the intention of becoming an

accountant An accountant is a practitioner of accounting or accountancy. Accountants who have demonstrated competency through their professional associations' certification exams are certified to use titles such as Chartered Accountant, Chartered Certifi ...

but with the desire to become a

cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and ...

. He worked at many different jobs, except as an accountant, until he landed the position of editorial cartoonist for the ''Yukon News'' in 1992. This has led to numerous awards from the Canadian Newspaper Association, B.C./Yukon Newspaper Association and the B.C. Newspaper Foundation. He is also a member of the Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists. In 2003, he published a retrospective book on

politics for the years 1992 to 2003.

External links

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Yukon News homepage
1960 births Canadian editorial cartoonists Living people Artists from Alberta Artists from Yukon People from Jasper, Alberta People from Whitehorse {{Canadian-comics-creator-stub